Vehicle-wheel.



E. J. ESTBY.

VEHICLE WHEEL. l APPLIOATION FILED MAY 1. 190s.

Patented NOV. 1, 1910.

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EDMUND .OSEPH ESTEY, OF AP1?0NAUG,RHDE ISLAND.

'VEHICLE-WHEEL.

' cifically to the means for securing the tire upon the wheel, the object being to provide a means for this purpose of such character as to permit of' ready removal of the tire and also for lts ready disposal upon the wheel rim or felly.

. The invention is embodied in a wheel rim composed of several sections upon one of which-the tire is iirmly clamped and this section disposed upon another of the sections carried preferably by the wheel felly, still another of the sections being secured to the last mentioned section whereby to retain the tire-supporting section in place thereon while the .wheel is in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 `is al transverse sectional view through tht` fellyand rim of a 'wheel constructed 1n accordance with the present invention, a tire being shown also in section and as applied to the rim. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional vew on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, and Fi'g.` 3 is a horizontal sectional view looking5 outwardly. j

In the drawings, the felly of the wheel is indicated by the numeral 5 and the tire by the numeral', thetire being of the ordinary clencher type and having the usual beaded edges 7 it being divided Vmedially of its inner periphery. The felly 5 of thc Wheel is of the ordinary construction except that at intervals recesses 8 are l in4 opening through its outer peripheral surformed thereface, the function of which recesses will presently be fully described.

As heretofore stated, and as shown in the drawings, the rim of the wheel is composed of a plurality of sections which when assembled are adapted to firmly and securely clamp the tire-6 in proper position upon the folly 5 of the wheel, and of-these sections one is illustrated as permanently secured upon the felly and as composed of side wall 9 and a cylindrical wall 10, the side wall 9 extending inwardly at right angles from the cylindrical Wall- 10 and receiving between Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1, 1909. Serial No. 493.342.

y the stri Patented Nov. I1, 1916.

them the felly 5, there being bolts ll engaged through the said side wall 9 of the Isaid rim section and the felly 5 whereby to hold said sections firmly in place upon the felly. In addition to the walls Vjust described, the section just mentioned is provided" also with a flange 12 at one side, the said flange extending continuously along the cylindrical wall l0. As will be apparent c from an inspectioxfof the drawings the wall l0 of the rim section just described extends over and closes the recesses 8 in the -telly 5 and formed in the wall 10 at intervals corresponding lo the intervals at which the recesses 8 are located, are slots which are illustrated as extending inwardly from that lside of the wall 10 opposite to the side at which the flange 12 is located as indicated by the numeral 13 and thence in the direction of'extent of the rim section as a whole, as indicated' by the numeral 14. In other words, the portion 14 of each slot extends at right angles to the portion 13 thereof and the slots further extend down into the side wall 9, located at that side opposite the side of lthe section at which the flange 12 is formed, as'indicated by the numeral 15. The function of thisconstruction will presently be fully described.

In addition to' the rim section just described, the rim embodies a tire holding section in the form of a continuous strip or fiat body 16 which is of a. diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the Wall y10 lof the first described section and is fitted upon the saidsection as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and this strip 16 is provided along each edge with a tire gripping-flange 17 which lflanges are to receive the beaded edges 7'of the tire (i as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Formed, at intervals upon the inner peri heral surface of the strip, 16 of the .tire ho ding section of the rim are bosses 18 each having spaced walls and a connecting wall 19 through which is formed an opening 20. There is seated in each boss, 16 being provided with openings 21 whic open into the boss, a tire gripping member in the form of a block 22 having oppositely flared wings 23 which form. in effect, a wedge and which engage between the edges of the divided inner periphery of the tire 6. An adjusting screw 24 1s loosely vengaged through the opening 20 in the wall 19 tion.

being then tightened whereby to draw the block in the direction of the walls 19 of the boss in which it is slidably mounted and this adjustment of thel block serves to bring the wings 23 thereof frictionally into engage-v ment with vthe said edge portions of the tire and firmly clamp the said portions between the wings and the flanges 17 whereby. the tire will be securely held against displacement from position upon the rim sec- As heretofore stated, the tire gripping means, embodied in lthe boss 18 and tire gripping block 22, engages or seats in the portion 14 of the slot 13 and is conned between the side walls of said slot as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and in order to close the slot and thereby fully confine the said means therein, there is pro'- vided a means which will now be described. The means just mentioned for closing the 4slot in the first described rim section of the wheel is embodied in a third rim section which will be called in the claim thel locking lrim section inasmuch as it serves not only to close the slot but also to lock the tire holding sectionsupon the first described rim section. The locking rim section is in the form of a fiat annular plate 25 formed at its outer peripheral edge with a flange 26y similar in contour to the flanges 12 and 17. As shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings this locking rim is disposed flat against that side wall 9`of 'the first described section in which the portion 15 of the' slot 13 is formed and covers the said portion of the slot and has lits flange 26 receiving the 'corresponding flange 17 of thetire holding section an bolts 11 pass, as heretofore stated, through the walls 9 of the first described rim section and through the section 25 whereby to clamp the said section 25 firmly against the outer. .faceof the said wall 9 of the first described section and with its ange in engagement with the -said flan e 17 so that the tire holding section 16 wi l be gripped at its edges between the anges 12 and 26, it being in'l this manner secured rmly in place upon the first described section. Formed upon the inner face of the rim section 25 and projecting inwardly at right angles from said section are channeled lugs 27 which are equal in number to-the slots in the first described section and project each through the portion 15 of one of the slots and beneath the wall 10 of the said first described section coincident with th transversely extendingv portion of the corresponding slot 13 Whereby to close the portions 14 of these slots and confine the bosses 18 therein.

From the foregoing description of the. in#

vention it will be re/adily understood that the tireis lirst to bej/ clamped upon the tire holding sections and this section-is then to be fitted upon the first described section of the rim after which the clamping'- section 25 of the rim is secured in place whereby all vof the sections are held 1n proper assembled relation.

What is claimed is In a device of the character described, the

combination with a felly provided with an opening -formed upon .its periphery, of a 'rim permanently secured upon said felly with an L-shaped slot extendand provided ingfrom one edge of the same, a tire-holding rim adapted to be removably arranged upon said first named rim, said tire-holdlng rlm being provided with an inwardly extending boss adapted to be inserted within said L=shaped slot, a lockingring adapted to be secured upon one side of said felly fdr engagement with the tire holdin rim; and a lug rigidly mounted upon sai locking ring for insertion within said opening formed upon said f elly, to conne said boss within the circumferential portion of said L-shaped slot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the. presence of two witnesses. Y

y EDMUND JOSEPH ESTEY. Witnesses:

Jorn? R. WmLIAMs, Davie C.` Con'r1s. 

